New injured reserve rule could be more trouble than it’s worth

The good news for NFL teams is that there’s a new tweak to the IR rules. The bad news for NFL teams is that there’s a new tweak to the IR rules.

Apart from the odd 2012-only glitch that requires players previously placed on injured reserve to be returned to the 53-man roster for four days before they can be placed on the new “designated for return” injured reserve category, having the ability to bring back one player — and only one player — later in the season raises all sorts of strategic questions.

We took a look at some of them during Friday’s PFT Live. I could write them up here, but then you wouldn’t watch.

5 responses to “New injured reserve rule could be more trouble than it’s worth”

It makes no sense that you can’t use it for a player injured during the year. There should be a six week injured reserve that you can place one player on at anytime. Limit each team to only one player on their list at a time.